Adjustment with a human face? Evidence from Jamaica

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1125-1145

  Handa, Sudhanshu ^a   King, Damien ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Devaluation; Jamaica; Nutrition; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0037670122     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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